Variety (Feb 1940)

T. IMt BANKERS CRACK THE WHIP PIX PRODUCTION RwdtPeewdatUABecaoseMs TO ACCELERATE Stnkck Fk Ws,'Beat Hi SleiAecker.Mice&MeiionB'way GoMwyn's OK for His 'Westerner Pic Via UA Aognrs No Peace-Mulvey JL ZTXttZZ Sh faU Oil After I, (jotted Artiata tar rah . art**** MM ■n m* ■ — —■ — gay «»• !»»» **e* *f Th* w«totw g the t ftarl a af OettPw y * to _**•** UAfoMandiaarttob* nxr^ «. IK* itort of any rap- UA Walt toi antenna*. Columbia t new •*- •cutiv* producer, ni pei milled to toart to* New York hotel bed m (l» tor to* Art*, ttak* to to- ■ week result r»l Ml ■tort eg hit three year aval at Cat. BatcheR will return to Uto Caaat at th* end of thta week aftor caafaba .with Marry Cehn. Columbia pro*. a I a* Oatdaia* anil to "** ta *" *•* Y-rm - 1 ■**! tot producer "a baaaa and to- Mraat far ItN ad aet taatow. aa toa been hinted to r meaatod. ftogjaaajtoaj aj to> «aa of whet Imbh M Haa D Slewer. Celdwynt art. 1 il \' tor toa Caaat ftatarday fit, afltoMfto toa afto pantotoaU* ~ B araa an to* G ato■ j ■ mat- It to af mat after ail the ahyay to fat ■ to drratottoa It may Ml ha re- - hr i Ftrato Acc'tag DtUyt 1939 HAYS TALKS ON NEELY AND ITALO-U.S. Hollywood. Feb «. At tka Ft admen' A—, atocttoaa until autumn VMM an neI yesterday uattoa before dec Cold wyn haa already Mm* ttoa Ma by CoMwyn toat the picture through UA rtoTet-r-rrrtbT at MMM to tot ll.Wg.i tag aa ath i r company willing to top legal rr-perruatsont by re* tomag it. it araa Agured to* to* to gather A at nme to ■ totor to Mam* Blll'llliini early •to weak and waa fallow** by an toaaptoac* by top UA ctotot la toa •wary. Sttveritoae impbaiuiil that •be tim waa to b* r*toa**4 aa the una* bent* aa Q ahlaia Mi to tap Saatop^fMlfaStS WnMtV c °" 1 " uttottT mm MM* 1 tp"*UA* M» M puhatetae th* acknowledged out- WiU Hays hag af to* un * ml tag that to aay to will pat back atria* iriaaf March IS. by which torn* all majari will to) itortog aa tapir U to U praduct Car Mat b) to tor a a*w deal la th* matter af toaatog ehigt, with tot currently derating their efforts ZANUCK SHAKES PROD. STAFF; 3ADDED MMM* 1 at UA tor the Italian* aftor i baa wlthgrawn of the A of Mattoa Picture Y. Frank Pi pre*, ptortoa at to* iU» to ber at bearg af director*. E J Man- , ■"H mMruipeot imi ate waa aa av ag up tram aacoag to jf^.fr **- fff, **** first v p. to tok* ever the berth *a- 1 a topt Saw af amplay rated by Jack Warner, wha asked to' tar mar* or toat gsed numb* Seheuefc. toaaay K*at pad which bar* ton ratotog tor*** with , to Maw Y*rk Three new to* picture makrt tor tome Urn* «*m*t bar* been added to th* aa- Ftoaaciar* baia pan* an record through totor lapiaaaatalliai aa at eartout picture outgu with a lartojj. be tarhad Str«*t°t trgument af certain atore C aailtorablt III tea I tag against Utotog Arliett by Hal Roach tonnes** af what he MMMMM "bungling' af " • Maw York MMM af "Of Mir* aim by th* prior aa Mtaaduaj af antthir Jehu atotahach Maitoiiiia. ttrapii at Wrath.' currently at to* KiyeM. tolay. la hit aptn- to prt If In/ which Bar. l» toth-Fot'f Jan. It 'I "t to* th* Many. M. Y. Feb. Ig Art lets • picture will prat hp th* ity and tti ang word at mnrth Aag anyway, m mala waa not Ma fault waa aatd I* toa Ba*y. •F trat It tkaritora . far Kir*' off. ftoeaat trip aaat by Frank I* It tar, ttaarh'a publicity ' ft waa atortoeed n~fij (Si. ■ aa r h't paalllea it that UA arred to not ceiling th* ptctar* originally Hall toatoad af top from a Metro can- tract and movat tola tka Waatwaad •tofHa March 1: Kalah Pattrich, wha was appad fram a wart pragtotttoa aad WpJtor Ma- th* eritaaf fhv I NOW TREAS. «iIUA$W.»flIO *■ J Merrill waa elected treat ■ 1 MfatodntoaWg h t. * the ^tn-b. ^"'■' ■ ■ ■' 'to lia BKO hat had no thmajh IIH in tore* —K tin ptaaklaal at th* "22 ** JwL * ■ nihil »f ttiy 1 "' * tX,v * '» dttrtog moat >^ ™* * **** of Ut raaigaaliMnm. BJB *•****"' u <»• toady A 1. ■ ■Fh. "JJJJriocda £*toj to hla barahto. Other directort are Harry Conn. Samuel CoMwyn. Mannis. Freeman. Hal Reach, Work. Walter Wanner and Jack Warner. Frad araa ralacltd eaac MM to—- Hart af to CharlM) Chan- and Cite* KM* B*c- turot Utually theta futoa would be m Sol M. WurtapFa dapailmaal. bat in thit rate the three new prodtraara functioning aa m amba n gf 'a awn staff Currently, th* other aaaactat* pre- HAL ROACH BREAKS IN Fata. • Aaitoai Maarh maket ata haw a* a pradacn in May MM Maarh or san- itation. Ha M Hal Jr. wha will prada t i aaa af hla dad's picture* for United Artiah) FLU STALLS STAHL'S DEAL WITH IA|SvS ^7E*\£. Dtoaaa af Jaha M. Suhl haa re- 1 CSt* ***** ** **** suited In a delay to toa aiaatialiaat ' Ptrtara aaa* to by which he it to be added to I Grit gib. Gen* Marker, rowan. Jah* John taw Stone la aaaigned to top Wurtcet unit and Jahaaaa Is aa g ataaaaath leave at abe r n c t to York, where to) M writing a ■toy. IMPRESSIVE WELCOME Watoer*a Cant Tom Waator, en. and aaator* ran for Hal Roach, train ad tor th* Coast chief, again w Friday tS> tor eanfaba with th* pew. j good will him in CmM toat year. Adotph af Paramount Psrturea. aa rent trip through South with John W Hicks. Jr. JESSEL HECHT SET TO SHOOT IN N Y. MARCH 10 Th* Aral at*** to circumvent ro> mtrt that aaatacn producuan had ■M a mag caaat y e s t er day iTuet ) when th* O aarp* Jttaal-Ren Hecht pcoyect wag aaaauneig to atari ahaat- ing at the anagraph Studs* an March Ml Thai will be the kral ef th* •Maa to a* mad* m the eaet at r*- tult af Earlier R togs The dim may a* retenaed Catoaahto aMhnesah may make anoth er an a i Traa* Hark r MMI au.vKHMt* acaacairrxn Suhl arrived in N* week and had two • ray SUversion*. UA chief. forc*d by to* lltoM*. Utor u« aa induenra. to leav* .n th* middle trrangement af palmaail reaulting ' last Saturday lit. af to* tre ad talk I rem th* resignation recently of became a werM newa ti t a t SUhl baa been bedded M hit hotel Roach's Caaat mtntgir who it un- Huddle with the Chile chief *a- since Thur on th* Coast, at Sil M.Y. towsarrnw I Thursday) out a month in Hollywood, however, it aadaratoad eir- set tar inking whereby Suhl wilt produce one or tw* to be turning producer him- ervtive followed a Issnchaan attend- will alt* be talks an *d by Ito prominent Santiago citi- murh of which cent. Earlier to to* week they had .1 Joe Brrnhard * Op Jo>*ph BernhtrJ g*n*rtl manager of Warner Brat. Theatre*, waa op- ■ »• far Mi St«e Leifes 20th in th* laying at th* projected Bra theatre which is to b* th* Banal to th* South- er n Itomuphere. Benito del Villtr —— it constructing the house Hollywood. F*h. A Previously on totor way south. John 11 aaa ta —*- r -g aa ether Zstkar waa a ccorded similarly tot- j major studio carmictiori around prctsive welcome* to Colombia. Ecu- April I after being associate pro- adar aa Mew ducer in Sal Wuruet't unit Literati Legitimate Music New Acts Night Club Review! Obituary Picture. 41 a